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736 Total Reviews

84%Value For Money

79%Security

97%Location

82%Staff

78%Atmosphere

71%Cleanliness

69%Facilities

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89%

The most beautiful view if you stay on the balcony/16 dorm. Breakfast is good, but very light. The staff is very friendly and eager to help. Only thing that could improve is a common area for the travelers. Lack of one causes the drunk people to hang out in the dorms at nightt.. making it very difficult for people that are trying to sleep.

Best Island Hostel was fantastic, as far as location goes you really can’t get better for Sultanahmet. The rooms are awesome, Walid and Alex are great. If you’re trying to stay in sultanahmet this is the place to do it.

We had a very pleasant stay. The staff was great, our room was clean. Only downside: the showers should be improved and be renovated, they are not very practical (water everywhere). Thank you for this sojourn

thank you very much for your nice rewiew .....ı hope see you guys next time ....

86%

Alex and the other staff where sound, and very helpful, the hostel was clean and comfortable with amazing views from the top floor, and close to some of Istanbuls most important historic sites. Would strongly recommend it.

Cheapest offer for dorm room in Istanbul and you got what you deserved.
The dorm room itself is kinda crowded so it's impossible to say its clean.
You have doors wont be able to lock and no place to hang your stuff in shower room.
No beer from the outside is allowed cause they sell it 60% more.

thank you for your nice rewiew ..but ı need to remind you somethink for beer .. allshop they charge for 1 beer 6 turkish liras and ın our hostel 7 turkish liras ..thank you ı hope see you again thank you staying with us ..

80%

It's reasonable price with average facilities. But the location was excellent as it is located near to the Red mosque.

I stayed in the 16-bed rooftop dorm. Nice and clean. Fresh air, lots of windows, light in the morning, good view, clean and soft beds. Enjoyed my 3 days stay. Good breakfast.
Only thing i can complain about is that there are no lockers. Lost a shirt. Some turd did not realize it was a crappy bootleg shirt from China and took it. No one else seemed to have any problems with this though.
Stayed at the 16-bed dorm once more after.

A really wonderful, affordable option in the heart of the Old City in Istanbul! Ideal location, friendly and knowledgeable staff, all in all a great stay. The terrace tent accommodation option is ideal for people on a budget, the cheapest we could find in the city. Beautiful views! Would recommend.

I wasn't actually planing to leave any comment; however, my friend with whom i stayed through the night at the hostel coerced me to leave that comment because of the overall dissatisfaction and a complete disappointment resulted from an unneeded and nonsense behavior of one the executives who called us downstairs from our place, then first scolded us without reason and threatened us to beat up. We literally got shocked. It is such an insecure place where there is no way i can suggest to anyone!

thank you for your rewiew sir ... first that cat is not blong to us ı need to tell u that but ı am sorry abauth that ıf cat come to your room from wındow thank you for ınform me and sorry abauth to noise ....alex